Essential Question:How are people’s lives dependent on Geography?
Assessment Prompts:
AP 1 (Know): Areas of the Earth’s land and water compared to latitude AP 2 (Understand): How geography affects life
AP 3 (Do): Use Longitude & Latitude to locate positions on the earth. Locate 7 continents and 4 oceans
Activating Strategy: Game of latitude/longitude where teams compete to find hidden objects around the globe
Vocabulary Preview Activity:Elevation, Equator, Prime Meridian, Longitude, Latitude, Rotation, Revolution, North America, South America, Africa, Australia, Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Arctic Ocean
Teaching Strategy
AP 1 Mini-Lesson: Review- latitude and longitude can be used to pinpoint any place on the globe use game mentioned above to get kids playing a game using coordinate location on a map of the world along with mini atlases.
AP 2 Mini-Lesson: Use Cut outs of 7 continents to review shapes and locations – placing on maps and learning basic facts like largest country etc.
AP 3 Mini-Lesson: Review notes and review sheet for test
AssignmentStudy Notes for Retest
Summarizing StrategyTest on continents, latitude, longitude
Extended Thinking How does man use his environment and how does he change it to suit his needs?
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AP 1 (Know): Areas of the Earth’s land and water compared to latitude
AP 2 (Understand): How geography affects life
AP 3 (Do): Use Longitude & Latitude to locate positions on the earth. Locate 7 continents and 4 oceans
Game of latitude/longitude where teams compete to find hidden objects around the globe
AP 1 Mini-Lesson:
Review- latitude and longitude can be used to pinpoint any place on the globe use game mentioned above to get kids playing a game using coordinate location on a map of the world along with mini atlases.
AP 2 Mini-Lesson:
Use Cut outs of 7 continents to review shapes and locations – placing on maps and learning basic facts like largest country etc.
AP 3 Mini-Lesson: Review notes and review sheet for test
How does man use his environment and how does he change it to suit his needs?